Today's News

A beautiful spring Saturday morning and the sound of 70 motorcycles wheeling into the bus loop made for a very happy group of fifth graders, all members of the Williston Elementary School Safety Patrol. The organization’s Third annual “Cruzin’ for Kidz” motorcycle ride, held March 5, was a success!
Sponsors, t-shirt and lunch sales as well as donations brought in close to $9,000, almost as much as last year. The fund-raiser helps defray the cost of the 64 patrols who will make the pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., in June.

On March 11, the Lady Red Devils traveled to Gainesville to play the Lady Hurricanes. The Lady Devils had little trouble with the Canes as they took a 14-0 win in five innings on the 10-run rule.
The win, however, was costly for the Lady Devils as starting pitcher Tori Stamper injured her pitching hand on a slide into second base. The injury was mainly to the middle finger of her pitching hand. Still showing some bruising and slight swelling on Monday night, Stamper said her hand was much better.

On Friday evening the Williston Red Devils hosted and defeated the Suwannee Bulldogs 3-1 at City Field.
The Bulldogs got out to a fast start as they had their first two batters reach base. They continued to move the base runners around but, could manage just one run as the Red Devil defense took over and ended the inning with a double play.

Beginning tomorrow, March 17, the Williston Pioneer website will only be available to those who subscribe–either to the newspaper or the online edition.
Some features, like the Calendar, will still remain visible and usable for everyone to see.
But news stories and photos will be limited unless you are a subscriber.
If you aren't sure you want to subscribe, there is a free 30-day limited use way to see the newspaper online.
We hope you like what you see and will patronize the advertisers who make our work possible.

The Williston Red Devil Baseball team traveled to Ft. White on Friday evening March 4 to take on District foe Ft. White.
The Red Devils won the game in 9 innings 4-3.
This win moved the Red Devils to 2-1 in district play and 3-3 over all for the young season.
Connor Clayton got the win for the Red Devils as he came in to relieve starting pitcher Justin Baker after seven innings.
Baker recorded 12 strike outs in his seven innings on the mound.
UPDATE

The Williston 7th Annual Red Devil Baseball Challenge is just around the corner.
The tournament will be held March 14-16 at the Williston City Field.
Schedule:
Monday, March 14
Game 1- Trinity Catholic vs. West Port 1 p.m.
Game 2- Citrus vs. Ocala Forest 4 p.m.
Game 3- Williston vs. Ocala Forest 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15